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House Passes Bill to Limit Internet Gambling
7/11/06. WASHINGTON -- The House voted Tuesday to forbid the use of credit
cards to settle online bets, an effort to halt mushrooming interest in Internet
gambling.
Children ring gambling
hotline
5/7/06.
A new help phone for compulsive gamblers has uncovered an unexpected problem,
with children as young as 11 calling in for help with their addiction. So far
aid programs have concentrated on adults.
Three-part series from the Lockport Union-Sun and Journal
Part 1 -
Gambling begets millions of neglected addicts
Part 2 -
The
invisible social cost of problem gambling
Part 3 - Problem
gambling draws sporadic help
Kathy Basset, who spoke at a Voices of the Heartland meeting in 2005, is
featured in Part 3. Visit
http://www.lockportjournal.com/cnhins/resources_gamblingindex for audio
features.
Gambling costing retirees
'everything'
5/9/06.
One woman embezzled $300,000 to feed her gambling habit...A retired teacher hid
her addiction from her husband as she pushed thousands of dollars worth of
quarters into slot machines...And two Tucson grandmothers smuggled a trunk load
of pot in their car to finance their gambling.
Older gamblers, often faced with loneliness and the loss of spouses and friends,
may be up to five times more likely to be sucked into gambling than the general
population, according to one recent study.
Many who
rallied for casino were paid
5/28/06.
Last month, dozens of public housing residents from the Hill District joined a
daytime pep rally, ostensibly in support of a plan to build a casino and new
arena in their neighborhood. It was an impressive show of community enthusiasm,
but it wasn't an entirely sincere one -- many of them took part because they got
paid.
California Crooks Challenge Understaffed Force
5/1/06. The hippo-in-the-living-room question is what brings potential
criminals to town. Blue Lake resident Abraxas Layton shared a geography research
paper with the City Council Tuesday that points to a data-supported relation
between the city's rising crime and Blue Lake Casino's presence just over the
city line. Layton cites Blue Lake Police Department statistics and questions why
the Blue Lake Rancheria, the casino's governing body, does not financially
support the nearby city's police department.
Railroad to
the Casinos - A $700 Million Boondoggle
4/28/06. If you thought the "bridge to nowhere" was too expensive, take a
look at the price tag of the "railroad to the casinos." The anticipated changing
of a railroad route may not be a surefire route to riches for the citizens of
Mississippi but it would be a straight flush for the casinos. Economic
conservatives are critical of this deal; social conservatives also should be.
Casino
promises - still waiting
4/16/06.
When casino gambling arrived in Western New York, state and local leaders
promised new hotels, restaurants, shopping centers and thousands of non-casino
jobs.
It's a
promise never kept. ...
Tourism officials say there's no concrete
evidence of "cannibalism" in the Falls, but restaurant owners disagree.
By now,
many in the Falls know the story of Macri's Palace, the Pine Avenue institution
that shut its doors last June and moved to Wheatfield. Owner Gary Macri was
public in his criticism of the casino's competitive advantages, most notably
free drinks and tax-free food, and a policy that allows smoking. "There seems to
be an unlevel playing field," said Dominic Colucci, owner of the Como
Restaurant, another Falls institution. "It's been very detrimental to the
smaller restaurants and bars around town. People only have so much money to
spend."
More to problem
gambling than meets the stats
3/24/06. Research needs to begin moving into more specific studies of
vulnerable groups, such as adolescents and drug users, where gambling problems
have tended to be higher than the rest of the population, he said. That way,
experts can begin to define risk factors that lead to gambling problems and can
work to prevent those problems.
Gaming or gambling - what's the
difference?
3/11/06. What most
Americans call "gambling" is generally called "gaming" by people who have a
stake in its financial or political success.
"Gambling" implies the likelihood of loss, whereas "gaming" implies fun, added
Jamieson, who studied the political use of the words as Gov. Ed Rendell led the
charge to legalize slot machines in Pennsylvania.
Problem
gambling worse than thought
3/8/06. UNITED STATES – The National Council on Problem Gambling kicked off
an education campaign this week by noting that 2 percent to 3 percent of
Americans - or about 6 to 9 million adults - have gambling problems.
Numbers can be worth a thousand words. They also can have political and social
implications. That's why the National Council's estimate is bad news for the
casino industry - it's two or three times as high as the 1 percent rate often
cited by the industry.
Online poker 101: A lesson in losing
2/5/06.
Internet card games are the new campus craze. For
some, it's a test to prove their intelligence. But the gambling can spin out of
control.
Congress
Eyes Curbs on Gambling Expansion
2/2/06.
The gambling industry is
setting up shop across the country, and locals are often kept in the dark about
its arrival until it's too late...But now, some in Congress are targeting the
casinos, which are operated by Indian tribes — sometimes hundreds of miles from
their tribal land — in what has been dubbed "reservation shopping."
Problem gambling calls double
1/27/06. WEST VIRGINIA – As the number of video slot machines in West
Virginia has grown to nearly 20,000, the number of calls to the state-sponsored
Problem Gamblers hotline has doubled in the past two years, a report by the West
Virginia Lottery shows.
All In?
1/26/06.
“The kids go gaga for the
tables,” said Daniel Rose of Advanced Entertainment, a Montville party planning
business. About 90 percent of that company’s business is bar and bat mitzva
celebrations. Of the 250 parties per year the company arranges, about 45 are
casino parties. “We used to do half that amount, and poker wasn’t even one of
the games.”
Gambling away our lives
2/2/06. On average, an Australian
adult spends about $120 per year on Lotto and "scratchie" tickets, $150 on horse
racing and more than $1,000 on the pokies, gaming tables, footy bets and dozens
of other bets. . .
Governments insist there is a key upside to pokies: job creation. But the report
found that for every $1 million spent on gambling, just 3.2 jobs were created.
Survey:
20% say lottery is most practical path to wealth
1/10/06. One fifth of Americans are so pessimistic about their ability to save
money that they actually think the lottery is a practical way to accumulate
$200,000 in their lifetimes. What a scary statistic!
New Tribal Gaming Study Misses the True Impacts of Casino Gambling
1/12/06.
Opponents of urban gambling proposals across
Northern California joined together today to raise concerns about a new report
from UC Riverside that overstates the benefits and understates the impacts of
Indian casinos in California. Gambling in California, already a larger industry
than in Las Vegas, extracts a large toll on California residents and the state's
economy -- and as gambling creeps into urbanized areas, the costs are expected
to increase dramatically.
Indian Gaming:
More Corrupt Than Ever
January 10, 2006.
When sleaze meets
sleaze, magic happens. One glance across a crowded room, and they instantly
recognize kinship. But when supersleaze teams up with supersleaze, a fusion-like
chain reaction flashes to life, consuming everything in range...And that's what
happened when
Jack Abramoff met Indian gambling.
The other side of the chip:
What happens when gambling gets out of
control?
January 8, 2006.
Jane is a 48-year-old northern Michigan woman who requested that her real name
not be used. Her gambling consumed her thoughts for 20 years and cost her tens
of thousands of dollars..."Losing $80 was a bad night in the beginning," she
said. "In the end, I wouldn't leave until I had lost $4,500 or $5,500."
The
Least Transparent Industry in America
1/5/05. [W]annabe
tribal croupiers became roadkill on "Casino Jack" Abramoff's speedway to wealth
when it was revealed that Mr. Abramoff, with his associate Michael Scanlon,
scammed their clients, the Alabama-Coushattas, by pretending to lobby the
federal government to permit the tribe to build a casino, even as they worked
against the casino plan -- for millions of dollars in fees on behalf of rival
tribes. (Opinion.)
Rogers Renews Call for Indian Gambling Reform
January
5, 2006 - U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, MI-08, today renewed his call for
comprehensive reform of Indian gaming laws, as well as a two-year moratorium on
casino expansion.
Knights [of
Columbus] win praise for casino cutbacks
Week of 12/26.
Alberta's bishops are congratulating the province's Knights of Columbus for
reducing their dependence on casino and gambling revenues. They also thanked the
Knights for showing leadership on the issue and modelling [sic] responsible
stewardship.
Senior citizen takes a hard fall at the Hard Rock: Suing the Seminole Tribe is a
long shot
12/25/05. Seniors are gambling with more than
their money.... [W]hen they tried
to find a lawyer to handle their lawsuit, citing "pain and suffering," every
lawyer they called turned them down...The reason? As a sovereign nation within
the United States, an Indian tribe cannot be sued unless it agrees to waive its
immunity, according to the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934. Legally, you
cannot sue the Seminoles on civil issues -- even if you get killed there.
Study: Plymouth casino impact could be $13.4 million
12/14/05. A nine-month study of a casino's potential impacts on Plymouth's
infrastructure came to a rough end number last Thursday when a consultant said
the toll on the city of 1,050 people could run as high as $13.4 million.
Rogers Introduces 2-Year Indian Casino Moratorium
1/31/2006.
U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, MI-08, today introduced legislation to
implement a two-year moratorium on new Indian casinos...Rogers’ bill would halt
creation of all new tribal gambling establishments pending a full investigation
of how the existing process was exploited in recent lobbying scandals. It also
would give Congress time to consider reforms of the federal Indian Gaming
Regulatory Act including those in a measure Rogers introduced last year.
Tribes' cash linked
to lawmakers
12/12/05.
WASHINGTON — The Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes, flush with casino cash,
contributed tens of thousands of dollars over the years to key out-of-state
lawmakers serving on committees that oversee the federal Bureau of Indian
Affairs.
Teens are
gambling with their lives
12/8/05. The gambling industry's
deliberate effort to hook the young is eerily reminiscent of tobacco industry
campaigns decades earlier. From the glamour of Bravo's celebrity poker
tournaments to the daily poker-as-sport programming on ESPN, Fox Sports and
elsewhere, the industry is attempting to both normalize and entice, much like
Big Tobacco once used Hollywood to sell a long drag and the seductive trail of
cigarette smoke as the epitome of cool.
Researchers assess rates and risks of gambling
12/6/05. Investigators from the Department of Psychiatry in the School of
Medicine and the George Warren Brown School of Social Work have developed a tool
known as the Gambling Assessment Module (GAM)© that can help determine whether a
person is a pathological gambler and what particular type of gambling triggers
problems for that individual. The assumption is that different people have
problems with different types of gambling and that researchers would do better
not to lump football betting, slot machines, bingo and craps under a single
umbrella just as they would not consider marijuana, cocaine and heroin simply as
"drugs."
Gamblers flood helpline
12/5/05. QUEENSLAND – A national gambling helpline receives a crisis call
from a Queensland gambler every two hours...Queensland's take from gambling is
forecast to pass $1 billion a year by 2008-09. That concerns Queensland Council
of Social Service director Jill Lang, who thinks the human toll of compulsive
betting is obscured.
High rollers, big losers
11/28/05.
Niagara Falls - Area
casinos have exacted a terrible toll from some local gamblers, and the state has
done practically nothing to treat people who get hooked
Bill on off-reservation gambling divides Indian tribes
11/10/05.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
leader of an Oregon tribe that runs a profitable casino asked Congress on
Wednesday to block other Indian tribes from setting up casinos outside their
reservations.
Retailers in for 'ride of their lives'
11/7/05. St.
Louis: Having five casinos taking out a billion dollars of our losses out of
a regional area that has 3 million people equates to $350 per person or
approximately $1,050 per family. That is disposable income that we all once had.
These five casinos probably give away $75,000,000 in restaurant sales through
their points programs and preferred customer programs as enticements for people
to come to their casinos.
Study examines
gambling problems in N.M.
11/7/05. Many problem gamblers don't admit they have a problem until a
catastrophe strikes, said Guy Clark, executive director of the New Mexico
Coalition Against Gambling..."You can cruise along with moderate losses," he
said. "You're (living on) eight different credit cards, you're stealing from
your kid's trust fund ... and they say, 'The next big win, I'll pay that back.'"
Pombo proposes stronger community role in
off-reservation casinos
10/31/05.
Pombo's bill — taking aim at Indian gambling's most controversial trend — would
tighten up the already limited circumstances under which tribes can build
Nevada-style casinos away from their reservations.
House votes
to end riverboat gambling, but intentions mysterious
October 27, 2005 - The Illinois House voted Thursday
to close the state's nine riverboat casinos, but Speaker Michael Madigan
signaled that shuttering a multibillion dollar industry is not his real goal.
Anti-gambling group: State ignores addiction problem
10/26/05. [Connecticut Council on Problem Gambling]
reports slot machines are the top problem among gamblers, making up 53 percent
of problem gambling...State lottery scratch cards are ranked second.
Arizona group drops downtown casino project
10/21/05. While central Kansas counties line up to pursue the destination
casino Sedgwick County lost, an Arizona development group has backed off its
interest in a second option -- a downtown Wichita gambling complex...The Arizona
plan appears to have died as Kansas legislators remain uncommitted to expanded
gaming.
Temptation to
Gamble Is Near for Military
10/19/05. Military gambling is a big business. About $2
billion flows through military-owned slot machines at officers' clubs,
activities centers and bowling alleys on overseas bases each year. Most flows
back out as jackpots, but 6 percent remains with the house, about the same ratio
as in Las Vegas.
New Orleans
mayor drops casino idea
10/19/05.
NEW ORLEANS
- Mayor Ray Nagin said Wednesday he is abandoning his proposal to
create a downtown casino district as a way of revitalizing the city's shattered
economy, bitterly complaining of resistance from politicians around the state.
Teen
gamblers on rise; 56% of Manitoba students indulge by age 18
10/15/05. 2005 student gambling report
findings include:
* Problem gamblers are more likely to have started at a younger age.
* Problem gamblers are more likely to be heavy drinkers, used marijuana, smoked
cigarettes and used other illicit drugs.
65 members
sign letter opposing tax breaks for casinos
10/12/05. Washington, D.C –
Sixty-five members of Congress have signed a letter to President Bush opposing
special tax breaks to rebuild casinos destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, according
to Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA), who circulated the letter.
Gambling Revenues Won't Help Rebuild New Orleans
10/13/05.
Because the gambling industry has provided thousands jobs in Louisiana, some
people argue it's been a success. But the truth is: stacks of money fill bank
accounts outside the state and the poorest people in Louisiana keep getting
poorer. Jeff Crouere is a political analyst in New Orleans
Louisiana Blanco Right; New
Orleans Nagin Wrong On Gambling
10/13/05.
Yesterday, Governor Kathleen Blanco announced her opposition to Mayor Ray
Nagin’s plan to expand gambling in New Orleans. Blanco has decided not to
include the gambling plan in the call for the special session, claiming that she
is not in favor of more gambling in the state...Riverboat gambling, video poker,
slot machines at the race tracks and the land based casino in New Orleans were
all supposed to improve the economy in the state. However, ever since gambling
started in Louisiana in the early 90’s, our economy has been on downward slide.
We have lost jobs and other more productive industries have left Louisiana.
Key lawmakers want voters to get shot at repealing slots
10/12//05.
TALLAHASSEE - Less than a year after South Florida parimutuels won the right to
add slot machines, powerful Republicans are backing a plan to strip that
right...Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Gallagher, now Florida's chief
financial officer, also has embraced the repeal effort. On Tuesday, so did Gov.
Jeb Bush.
Long overdue changes coming to Indian gaming
10/7/05. Gaming
has not been the solution to tribal unemployment and economic development that
it was intended to be. It instead has added to the already high level of
societal dysfunction. Instead of solving the problems, unregulated gaming has
created more.
Young men put
betting before drink and women
10/7/2005.
Forget drinking or dating, gambling - particularly online betting - is now the
preferred pastime for many young men in the UK. New figures suggest that more
than 90 per cent of them enjoy a regular flutter and some say they would prefer
to spend pounds 5 on a bet than at the pub or taking out their girlfriend.
Records detail candidate's gambling problem,
charges
10/5/2005. HAYWARD (CA) — Embattled school board candidate Roger Treskunoff —
who is facing identity theft, elder abuse and embezzlement charges — admitted he
carried out the alleged crimes to feed his gambling addiction, court records
said.
Off-reservation Indian casinos shock Congress
9/25/05. Arizona Sen. John
McCain helped write the 1988 gaming law, but said lawmakers thought they were
legalizing small, bingo-hall operations and limited-stakes casinos on existing
reservations..."Not in our wildest dreams did we ever think this was going to be
a $19 billion-a-year business - and expanding," the Republican senator told
Congressional Quarterly earlier this summer.
Casino opponents
targeting 'done deal'
10/3/05. "This is another grand mistake in the making," said Joel Rose, the
group's co-chairman. "In order to squeeze every last dollar out of the gambling
public, the governor and the Seneca Nation would impose on the people of Buffalo
and Erie County a burden of failed businesses, personal bankruptcy and crime."
Former judge
faces prison
10/1/05.
28-month sentence in loan case: Former Kansas City Municipal Court Judge Deborah
Neal listened in stunned silence Friday as she was sentenced to more than two
years in prison for soliciting loans from lawyers to fuel her gambling
addiction.
McCain cites 'obligation' to non-Indian patrons of casinos
9/27/2005.
"To assert tribal sovereignty over an operation that does not
involve Indians but non-Indians to me is not a valid enough argument because I
have an obligation under the Constitution ... to all of our citizens," McCain
said. Tribal sovereignty is "overridden to some degree" by a need to protect
"all citizens" from potential corruption at casinos, he added.
BIA official revives off-reservation land regulations
9/21/2005.
BIA official revives off-reservation land regulations
Nearly four years after being pulled by the Bush
administration, regulations for off-reservation land acquisitions are back on
the Bureau of Indian Affairs agenda.
60
Percent Support Geary County Casino
9/21/2005. The vote was 60 percent "yes" and 40 percent "no" from Geary
County voters who took to the polls Tuesday to cast their ballots in a
non-binding, advisory election asking whether the county wants the legislature
to allow a destination casino in Kansas. The question on the ballot was "Should
the Kansas Lottery be authorized by the voters of Geary County to contract for
operation of a destination casino in Geary County, Kansas?"
Tragic gambling toll
9/19/2005. AUSTRALIA –
Desperate Victorian gambling addicts are taking
their own
lives at a rate of more than one every three weeks.
White House plans to define tribal slot machines
9/19/05.
OKLAHOMA and WASHINGTON – The Bush administration plans to
clarify the
difference between Class II and Class III gambling,
a move
experts say would require
more
Oklahoma tribes to compact with the state and result
in
millions of dollars for education funding.
DOJ proposes major change in Indian gaming law
9/16/2005. The Bush administration announced a major change in gaming law on
Thursday aimed at clarifying the types of casino games that tribes can operate
without a tribal-state compact...U.S.
Attorney Tom Heffelfinger said the legislation would bring clarity to the $19
billion tribal casino industry. He said advances in technology have "blurred the
lines" between Class II games such as bingo and Class III like slot machines
that can only be operated under a tribal-state compact...
"The purpose of this legislation is to resolve the uncertainty"
that has arisen in recent years, Heffelfinger told attendees of the Global
Gaming Expo in Las Vegas.
Gaming clouds already lengthy land-into-trust process
9/15/05. George Skibine, the acting deputy secretary for economic development
and policy, said rumors of a moratorium on land-into-trust decisions are
unfounded. But he acknowledged that lengthy challenges to the process make it
appear that nothing is happening at the Interior Department.
Some
cope by gambling what little is left
9/13/05. BATON ROUGE, La. -- Raymond Brown strips
off $20 from a wad of bills and feeds it into the slot machine at the Argosy
Casino, a riverboat that promises ''casino fun for everyone."...Never
mind that his New Orleans house is flooded, and his family is living on
mattresses at his brother-in-law's home nearby. But by morning, Brown -- a
60-year-old man who has lost everything -- is gambling.
Gambling poll heats City Hall phone lines
9/13/05. The Bethlehem city clerk's office was overwhelmed during the weekend
with telephone calls about the proposed city slot machine parlor to a point
where it could take no more calls...The phone campaign is the latest public
relations effort of developers BethWorks Now and Las Vegas Sands Corp. to fight
a proposed gambling ban on the former Bethlehem Steel property.
Archbald man
allegedly stole $6.4 million from Nestle
9/3/05.
An Archbald sales executive has been accused of embezzling $6.4 million from
his employer...Henry Machinski, of 103 Belair Drive, admitted to the con when
confronted and said he had a gambling problem, according to a federal lawsuit
filed by his now ex-employer, Nestle USA.
County fearing loss of tax revenue from casino
09/06/05. MAHNOMEN, Minn. - Local
governments in northwestern Minnesota's Mahnomen County are bracing for the loss
of as much as $1 million in property tax revenue once a White Earth Band casino
gains a new tax exemption.
Bill would limit
Indian casinos
8/30/05. One bill introduced by Voinovich on July 27, and co-sponsored by
DeWine, would make it more difficult to place an Indian casino in any state
where commercial gambling is illegal, such as Ohio...The
legislation to be unveiled today would require the tribe to enter a compact with
the state - something it might not have to do under current law.
Poker
Flops Teens Into Gambling Addiction
8/31/05. This summer, while school was out, a growing number of America's
teens were going all in as the nation's poker craze mesmerized a group that grew
both larger and younger...Experts fear the obsession is putting America's youth
at its highest risk ever for compulsive betting -- and worry that assistance
programs are lagging.
A "yes" vote on a
general question such as that proposed for the Sedgwick County referendum could
make venues like the one described here possible, in addition to the casinos
many envision.
Dotty’s
environment lures unlikely gamblers
8/30/05.
Often, the problem gambling begins because people
suddenly have easier access to gambling; they can walk to the video lottery
retailer down the street instead of having to ride a bus to a casino 90 miles
away.
[Ohio] Senators tout anti-gambling bill
8/30/05.
Senate Bill 1518 would close
a loophole in federal laws governing Indian casinos, Voinovich said. Ohio's law
allows horse tracks, pari-mutuel betting and charity casino nights, and
Voinovich said SB 1518 would make it clear that's all Indian tribes would be
allowed if they set up tribal casinos.
The cost of putting too many
of your economic eggs in one basket
In Slot Machines' Silence, a Storm's Economic Cost
8/29/05.
Together,
the casinos generate $400 million in tax revenue each year. When the Gulf Coast
casinos are closed, the cost to the state is $400,000 to $500,000 a day.
R.I. peddles
the 'crack' of gambling
8/28/2005.
THERE IS a growing consensus among medical and social scientists
that compulsive gambling is a full-fledged addictive disorder, no less serious
than "traditional" addictions, such as drug, alcohol and nicotine dependence.
Focus Supports Initiative to Curb 'Malicious' Gambling Expansion -
Mainers Should 'Make Their Voices Heard at
Ballot Box'
8/25/05.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Aug. 26 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Focus on the
Family Gambling Analyst Chad Hills today announced the ministry's support for a
citizen's initiative effort to ensure the people of Maine decide whether the
state will allow the expansion of slot-machine gambling. The Christian Civic
League of Maine, Focus' family policy council in that state, is working with No
Slots for ME and the Maine Grassroots Coalition to protect Mainers from
additional devastation caused by increased accessibility and availability of
gambling.
Owens urges Pueblo to reject Oklahoma tribes’ casino proposal
8/25/05.
PUEBLO — [Colorado] Gov. Bill Owens is urging the city to
reject a proposal by Oklahoma Indian tribes to build a $100 million casino and
hotel, warning it would create a sovereign nation within the city that could
ignore some state and federal laws.
Ex-school chief’s theft of $854,699 adds up to 42 months in prison
He took the funds from district to feed
gambling addiction
8/25/05. Away from the race tracks and plush Nevada betting rooms where he
gambled away money meant for teachers’ salaries and supplies, former Pattonsburg
school Superintendent Ronnie G. DeShon wept.
Defiance abounds at formal unveiling of casino plan
8/25/05.
JAMUL INDIAN RESERVATION-
Dozens protest project; Jamul leaders accuse government of delays. Fire district
doubts high-rise could have sufficient protection.
Casino Owners
Look Toward Rebuilding
8/21/05.
The casino
closings could hurt Mississippi's ability to recover quickly. The state finances
roughly 10 percent of its budget with tax revenues from gambling, and an
interruption in those funds could hurt it as it shifts spending to help
businesses and residents rebuild.
18-year-old’s life became consumed by gambling
08/19/05. [B]efore he was old enough to enter a casino,
[Andrew] was already struggling with compulsive gambling. His high school grades
were dropping, his bank account dwindling, his hopes for the future fading. Now
18 years old, he explains in his own words how gambling quickly made his life a
mess.
Sin City
- Indian gaming interests are working to create gambling sites in urban areas
far from any reservation
8/18/05. According to the Institute of Governmental
Studies, University of California, Berkeley, “Gaming has become so lucrative,
that hundreds of Native Americans are petitioning the Bureau of Indian Affairs
for recognition of new California tribes in order to buy land and build
casinos.” (The study also reveals that Indian gaming generates revenues of $5.1
billion per year, and that the tribes have become the largest contributor to
California political campaigns.)
Gambling mom
charged with baby's death
8/18/05. Tokyo - A six-month-old baby died in Japan after her mother left her
in a car in the summer heat to play slot games and did not even return during a
major earthquake, police said on Thursday.
Gambling-Don't Bet on
It
8/16/05. Book review. The Earl of Sandwich, was a problem gambler who
wouldn't leave the gambling table long enough to eat his dinner, so his servants
had no choice but to develop something he could eat with one hand while he
gambled with the other. Hence the birth of the sandwich as we know it today.
This tidbit from the new Kregel Publications release, Gambling, Don't Bet on It,
demonstrates the degree to which gambling can alter a lifestyle, a personality,
and in this case, even our eating habits.
Police:
Man stole identities to gamble
8/17/05. BLOOMINGTON -- More than 100 Central Illinois residents had their
identities stolen and their money diverted to pay for a Bloomington man's
gambling habits, police said.
Gambling and Alcoholism May Have Different Roots
8/17/2005. Men and women suffering from alcoholism tend to
turn to alcohol to tamper down a range of negative emotions, including anxiety,
the researchers found...On
the other hand, pathological gamblers appear to be in search of stimulation -- a
transitory "high" to counter depressive feelings and a lack of positive life
experiences.
Problem gambling creates morally bankrupt society
8/17/05. Each year
over 5000 New Zealanders are convicted of gambling-related crimes. A 2004 KPMG
study found that gambling was the second highest motivator for serious property
crime, and the highest motivator for fraud.
SA gamblers' secret weapon
8/13/05. Experts say
it is becoming common for compulsive gamblers "on a winning streak" at
blackjack, roulette or the slot machines to wrap themselves in adult nappies, so
they do not compromise their luck.
Colorado mining town in uproar over plan to focus on tourism
8/12/05.
"We have seen 24 establishments go out of business over the last
seven years that were not associated with gaming," said Libby, a local
businessman who moved here from California in 1996.
Does Foxwoods game
amount to web gambling?
8/9/05. MASHANTUCKET, Conn. – A first-of-its-kind computer program has one of
the world's largest casinos locked in a dispute with regulators who are
steadfast against any loosening of U.S. rules against Internet gambling.
Gambling explosion feared in Calgary: Slot machine total could rise 80% if
casinos OK'd
8/9/05. The number of slot machines in and around Calgary
will skyrocket by 80 per cent and push the government's gambling revenue from
the area to almost half a billion dollars a year, if three planned casinos are
awarded licences to operate. The snapshot, from Alberta Gaming projections, has
sparked fears that the city and province have hit the gambling saturation point.
"We are becoming the Las Vegas of the North", said University of Lethbridge
gambling expert Rob Williams. The new details come after a Canada West
Foundation study found Albertans are the biggest gamblers in the country, with
per capita losses of $886 per year.
In
gambling's grip
8/8/05.
About 1.6% of Americans have a full-blown gambling addiction and
an additional 2% have a serious problem with gambling, says Jon Grant, assistant
professor of psychiatry at Brown Medical School and author of "Stop Me Because I
Can't Stop Myself," (McGraw Hill, 2003). By these estimates, nearly 4% of the
population experiences a mild to severe gambling problem — and as the number of
gamblers goes up, so does the number of those with a gambling problem.
The Great Casino
Camouflage
8/05. A national pattern is emerging in areas far distant
from Indian reservations. Several rural and urban regions whose longtime
population is entirely unfamiliar with federal Indian policy are awakening to a
systematic process that installs "Indian Country" or a constructive
"reservation" as a next door neighbor to communities.
3
percent of high schoolers admit betting
8/4/05. A total of 4.4 percent of seniors said they had gambled at a casino
at least once, according to an annual survey released this week by the Indiana
Prevention Resource Center at Indiana University...Slightly more than 1 percent
of seniors said they gambled at casinos weekly or daily.
Gambling awareness requires more than an orange bracelet
8/4/05. More troubling,
poker is becoming a game of choice and an obsession for young people -- many
times, inexplicably, with parental knowledge and consent...Poker kits are
marketed as family activities and there are reports from all over the country
about how parties for teens, and younger, are organized in homes. Would these be
the same parents who a generation ago would have asked their teens to enjoy a
beer or an illegal drug in the living room instead of with friends in the woods?
Gambling, last we checked, was only legal for adults.
A
new addiction is sweeping Indian Country
8/2/05. This gambling addiction is already contributing to many new social
problems in Indian country. Adults are spending their per capita payments, and
their welfare and paychecks at the gaming tables. They are losing the money they
should have used to buy school clothes for their children, to pay their rent or
mortgage or to buy food to put on their tables. They are abandoning their
children to babysitters or worse, leaving them at home alone, while they feed
their gambling addiction at their reservation casinos.
Wristbands aim at raising problem gambling awareness
8/2/05.
Starting this week, customers
nationwide will notice employees at several major casinos wearing orange plastic
wristbands of the type that have been used to raise money for various
health-related charities.
Industry hopes to take stigma from gambling
8/2/05.
To mark Responsible Gaming Education Week, two
gaming organizations are using bracelets to promote gambling as responsible
recreation.
The wristbands
say "Keep it Fun."
When Gambling Becomes
Obsessive
8/1/05. Two hundred forty-seven Native American casinos dot tribal lands in
22 states; 84 riverboat or dockside casinos ply the waters or sit at berth in
six states...By 1996 the annual take for the U.S. gambling industry was over $47
billion, more than that from movies, music, cruise ships, spectator sports and
live entertainment combined. In 2003 the figure jumped to over $72 billion.
All that money is coming
from someone's pockets, and it's not the winners'. According to Keith Whyte,
executive director of the National Council on Problem Gambling, as many as 10
million U.S. adults meet the "problem gambling" criteria. Kids are hit even
harder. Exact figures aren't easy to come by, but various studies place the rate
of problem gambling among underage players somewhere between two and three times
the rate for adults.
Congress, judge deal blows to Oklahoma tribes
8/1/05. Bad news at the federal and judicial level for two Oklahoma tribes
attempting to open gaming operations.
Casino
customer found floating in moat
8/1/05. KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A woman who spent more than
$100,000 gambling in recent years was pulled from a moat outside a Kansas City
casino Friday after she apparently leapt into the 16-foot deep water.
Tribe
planning Oklahoma's largest casino
8/1/05. GOLDSBY, Okla. -- The Chickasaw Nation plans to build Oklahoma's
largest casino, a structure in excess of 200,000 square feet that will rival
casinos on the Las Vegas Strip.
National poker craze could create a generation of problem gamblers
8/1/05. Many people, including Jack and his parents, see no harm in betting a
few bucks with friends in the security of their home, no matter how young they
are. It can be a brain-stimulating social event, one local therapist says.
But experts caution that gambling's expansion - TV poker, casinos and lotteries,
Internet casinos, horse and dog tracks, casino-style after-prom parties,
publicized sports-betting lines - makes America's next generation more
vulnerable to gambling problems.
State seeking takeover of land for Seneca Nation
7/26/05. NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. -- The state has
begun eminent domain proceedings on behalf of the Seneca Indian Nation for
control of two dozen downtown acres promised to the tribe as part of its
gambling agreement with the state, angering property owners who would lose
businesses and homes.
"They don't even claim that
there's going to be any economic benefit to the city," said John Bartolomei, an
attorney and partner in Fallsite, whose newly reopened Fallsville Splash park
would close. "The benefit to the city is absolutely none."
Online Game Coming Back
State Calls
Venture By Foxwoods Illegal
7/26/05. Internet-based gambling, though illegal in the United States, is
booming, fueled largely by online sports betting and online poker based in other
countries. Traditional casinos have been struggling to figure out how to capture
this explosive new market, which may be worth more than $12 billion worldwide,
in a legal way.
"The game clearly seems to
promote gambling more widely off the reservation," said Attorney General Richard
Blumenthal. "They have started an online, off-reservation gambling activity. It
is illegal."
Rohnert Park Casino Delayed Five to Seven Years
7/25/05. SONOMA COUNTY, CA: The release of the crucial Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) necessary to the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria's plans
for a Rohnert Park casino has been delayed for almost a year, and according to
the Sonoma County Press Democrat, the Rohnert Park casino appears to be stalled
indefinitely; the construction date may be now be as late as 2012, if at all.
Georgetown City Council gives final OK on casino-boat ban
July 22, 2005. The ordinance banning the boats passed unanimously Thursday
night after several Georgetown residents and at least two local pastors asked
the council to consider the problems and crime that could come with the boats.
Northampton County Council opposes gambling
July 22, 2005. Northampton County Council took a position Thursday against
gambling. In a 5-3-1 vote, council said it does not believe gambling would be an
appropriate part of the county's future.
Former U.S.
Senator Suggests Tourism, Not Casinos, for Tribal Development
July 22, 2005. SANTA FE — Tribes should be looking toward tourism that
promotes the culture of American Indians — rather than casinos — for their
economic future, says a former U.S. senator who was the only American Indian in
the Senate.
Ex-Mohegan Sun Official Aids Gambling Opponents
July 21, 2005. A second Connecticut casino critic
is now working against the Mohegan Tribe's diversification effort in Washington
state.
Parkinson's drug can cause compulsive gambling
July 15, 2005.
M. Leann
Dodd, M.D., a psychiatrist at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn., was the lead author
of a recent study that shed light on the surprising link between dopamine
agonists and the sudden onset of compulsive behavior. In this interview, she
answers a few questions about the topic.
Garden Grove's
gambling addiction
July 14,
2005. Officials won't give up the idea of a big score - a casino and/or taxes
- to fix city finances.
Omaha
institution to close its doors
July 11, 2005.
Now, 59 years after Cirino and Giovanna Caniglia opened the
Italian steakhouse and 10 years after the casinos came, Caniglia and his
brothers are shutting their restaurant down.There are many reasons, say Bob,
Chuck and Ron Caniglia, but the major one is this: They can't compete with the
Iowa casinos. "It's not the food," Chuck said, with evident pride in the family
recipes that have made the restaurant an Omaha institution. "That entertainment
dollar they take is the key."
Gambling
addiction can ensnare teens
July 11, 2005. Just when you thought you
had enough to worry about with your teens, here comes another concern: gambling.
Execs support casino vote, but survey finds fewer endorse gambling in Ohio
July 10,2005. Ohioans For Local Option hopes to
put on the November ballot a referendum to change the state constitution to
allow cities to decide whether they can have casino gambling within their
borders.
Shawnee Tribe Wants To Build Casino In Downtown Oklahoma City
July 10, 2005.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) _ The Shawnee Tribe wants to build a casino in downtown
Oklahoma City or the Bricktown entertainment district, a newspaper reported
Sunday.
Investing Safer Than
Gambling
July 10, 2005. Saving is slow; gambling is
fast; losing is faster
Casinos cash in with child care
for players; Making
it easier for mom & dad to gamble
Originally published Feb 23, 2003, but still
timely.
With
computer games, basketball court, children's cafe, movies and cribs for infants
as young as 6 weeks, children can stay as late as 2 a.m. on weekends and 11 p.m.
on school nights while their parents play. While providing a fun and safe
environment for children, Kids Quest centers, which are located in 20 casinos
nationwide, are in fact bottom-line enterprises, intended to attract
high-rolling parents, increase casino profits — and create the next generation
of gamblers.
Ex-State Police sergeant pleads guilty in fraud case
7/6/2005. A former
Louisiana State Police sergeant pleaded guilty Tuesday as expected to federal
bank and mail fraud.
Bethlehem's gaming foes
speak
7/6/2005.
Hundreds gather at meeting related to proposed casino
UB
study says casinos nearby add to problems
7/4/2005.
Living
near a casino or in a poor neighborhood could double a person's chances of
becoming a problem gambler, according to a study done by the University at
Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions.
Read the study:
The
Relationship of Ecological and Geographic Factors to Gambling Behavior and
Pathology
On July 1, 2000, South
Carolina's 38,000 video poker machines were declared illegal by a state court
after a concerted campaign led by churches, politicians and the business
community. That made South Carolina the only major jurisdiction in North America
that has lived with VLTs, and then outlawed them.
These two articles discuss the outcome of that ban 5 years later.
South Carolina eliminated VLTs after baby died as mom gambled
Gambling's social ills outweigh its benefits
Some tribes would back halt to off-reservation gambling
June 29, 2005.
Although most of the tribes told the Senate
Committee on Indian Affairs that the 17-year-old Indian Regulatory Gambling Act
should not be changed, several told committee Chairman John McCain that they
would support a crackdown on off-reservation gaming by Indian tribes.
Slot parlor not popular at hearing
June 29, 2005. Most speakers slam casino plans for
region at hearing conducted by county council.
Study Ties Risk of Problem Gambling with Proximity to Casinos and Other Gambling
Opportunities
June 29, 2005.
Individuals who live within 10 miles of a casino
or in a disadvantaged neighborhood are more likely to experience problem
gambling, according to new research from the University at Buffalo's Research
Institute on Addictions (RIA). Read the study:
The
Relationship of Ecological and Geographic Factors to Gambling Behavior and
Pathology
Expert warns of murky residue from gambling
June 24, 2005.
University of Nevada-Las Vegas professor William
N. Thompson said he expects a $175 million drain on the local economy if slot
machines come to Bethlehem.
Wolf asks President to Renew Effort to Stop Spread of Gambling
June 23, 2005. “Gambling is growing out of control,” Wolf said. “Casinos are
now operating in 30 states, high-stakes poker games are shown on TV, college
kids are gambling online around the clock and now there are plans for a casino
near historic Gettysburg. I am very concerned about the impact this is having on
our society. The president has a record of speaking out against the spread of
gambling and I hope he will do so again.”
Vitter bill
might bar Indian casino
Vitter bill would thwart Jena Band's attempts at casino
June 17, 2005.
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. David Vitter continued his long opposition to the
expansion of gambling in Louisiana by introducing a bill Thursday that would
prohibit Indian tribes from building casinos outside their traditional
homelands.
Opponents sue to stop southwestern Michigan casino
June 13, 2005. WAYLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich.
(AP) -- A group that opposes an American Indian tribe's plan to open a casino
about 15 miles south of Grand Rapids filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to block its
development.
June 7, 2005.
New
research into problem gambling has led to calls for a ban on gambling
advertising outside venues.
Gambling research prompts call for ad ban
Fascinating story about the politics of tribal casinos
Father of a Nation
March 2, 2005.
As head of the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Kevin Gover single-handedly gave the Koi Nation land rights. Now, he's stepped
through the revolving door to hawk the tribe's plans for a Bay Area casino.
June 7, 2005. Update on the Saugerties casino issue
Saugerties village trustees say no to casinoJune
6, 2005. Google and Yahoo have pulled gambling ads
June 6, 2005
Lawsuit Over Search Engine Gambling Ads Given Go Ahead
June 2, 2005. Saugerties, NY
NO DICE: Kingston mayor joins Saugerties casino opposition
May 30, 2005. From the Casino City Times online - good news about the slowing of gambling
expansion across the country.
Gambling Beyond Nevada: Betting's Spread Sputtering
On May 20th Sec. Gale Norton, secretary
of the U. S. Department of Interior (DOI), established a new policy for
off-reservation casinos: DOI will not consider a proposed compact for an
off-reservation Indian casino unless the department has put the land (on which
the casino would be located) in trust for a casino. This ruling may have a
significant impact on whether the Iowa Tribe's Park City has any chance of
becoming a reality. The acreage proposed to be home to that casino is not
reservation land and would have to be put in trust for the tribe prior to a
compact being negotiated with Governor Sebelius, a process that can take years.
The following two articles discuss Norton's
decision.
Off-reservation gambling limited by Interior policy
Ruling may slow off-reservation gambling drive
A
setback for off-reservation tribal gambling
Interior Department rejects casino
in the Columbia Gorge
The
Red Path has turned green for some
"Sadly, some wealthy gaming tribes have turned a blind eye to the needs of their
Indian neighbors and Indian service organizations. In California, nearly 1,500
Indian families have been disenrolled and hundreds more are threatened Gaming
has brought in the dominant culture's disease of greed."
Gambler, 23, kills himself in front of casino
When he
left the table just before 5 a.m. after losing some $900 in less than 15
minutes, fellow players said he turned to the group and uttered what may
have been his final words: "`It was nice knowing you.'"
Citycide: Buffalo casino still a crummy idea backed by self-serving minority
"The hotel under construction behind the casino marks the biggest single
development in Niagara Falls since Urban Renewal -- maybe ever. Unfortunately
for the local tax base, the hundreds of rooms inside will never produce a penny
of sales or bed tax, barring a drastic change in the compact's terms. Nor
will the City of Niagara Falls, State of New York or any other government entity
that tries to chisel itself a taste get anything out of all that Seneca
development, other than the relatively paltry share of slot-machine revenues
negotiated by Gov. George Pataki during an election year." Emphasis added.
Gambling grows in many states despite heavy criticism
DES MOINES (AP) --- As the excitement over
who would get a casino license reached a fever pitch in the meeting room filled
with more than 350 people, one of the gambling commissioners sat quietly
observing the buzz.
When it came Mike Mahaffey's turn to announce which of the 10 casino projects he
favored at Wednesday's meeting, his decision was none.
"In the final analysis, I have to live with myself," he said. "My vote today
will make it easier to live with myself."
Gun Lake tribe urges Granholm to negotiate casino compact
Michigan:
Leaders of a western Michigan Indian tribe on Monday urged Gov. Jennifer
Granholm to negotiate a compact for a new casino now that the federal government
has officially approved the tribe's land-trust proposal.
Isn't it ironic?
Gambling help now
law
"Gov. Christine Gregoire [of Washington] on
Tuesday signed legislation committing the state to help problem gamblers...State
surveys find that at least 5 percent of Washington’s adults have a problem with
compulsive or pathological gambling at some point in their lives, and that some
young people already are developing an addiction."
FREDERICTON - Long lunches have dealt a poker problem to a
school in New Brunswick, Canada
Poker
stakes too high, N.B. principal says
"At Harvey High School, located about 30
kilometres southwest of Fredericton, student gamblers have lost as much as $200
playing cards at lunch."
Children's fund blown in casino should be repaid, say gambling foes
HAMILTON, ONT. - A group opposing the
spread of legalized gambling says a casino in Ontario should repay hundreds of
thousands of dollars that a woman from Hamilton stole from a children's hospital
fund and lost at the casino.
Potential casino owners decry daily cap on losses
Minneapolis: The latest proposal
for state-sponsored gambling includes a $500 cap on each gambler's daily losses,
a provision that reflects a desire among some legislators to curb compulsive
gambling. But the people in line to own the casinos say the limit could cut
severely into profits, and call the curb unrealistic in a competitive gambling
market.
East Bay cities, agencies unite to oppose casino plan: Several East
Bay jurisdictions announced Thursday that they would present a unified front
in their legal and political fight to prevent a proposed Indian casino near
the Oakland International Airport. . .The
tribe also offered Oakland an annual payment of $30 million a year that was
spurned by the City Council in January.
"Oakland is not for sale," said Council President
Ignacio De La Fuente. "The reality is that the benefits do not outweigh the
problems."
Ontario Casinos
Consider Options: Terrorism in 2001, increased border security, war
in Iraq, SARS, a soaring Canadian dollar and the blackout of 2004 have been
identified as the reasons for the decline by gaming and tourism officials.
Home Affairs Ministry releases Chia Teck Leng's paper on casino gambling
SINGAPORE : Once the second biggest casino
gambler in the world, he is serving 42 years in jail for cheating banks of
$117.1 million to feed his habit.
Is Illinois gambling
sinking?
Since its inception in 1991,
riverboat gambling has delivered an economic bonanza in Illinois, generating
billions of dollars for casino owners and for state and local governments
hurting for cash . . . But now Illinois gambling is at a crossroads.
States start to fear they may be addicted to gambling money
In many states, gambling paved the way for popular tax cuts, but as the need for
money grows, so does government dependance [sic] on slot machines, card tables
and their patrons.
Hatch: Indian-state
casino unconstitutional
Governors discuss growing Indian gambling industry
Lawmaker
calls for moratorium on casinos
California Seeks Municipal Gambling Protections
Also in California,
Nation pushes casino delay
In Illinois,
Legislature at odds on casinos
Also in Illinois,
State hedging its bets on riverboat gambling
Online Casino Gambling May Become Legal in US
The legalization of online gambling in the US is also a very real
threat. Of course, casino owners are opposed to legalizing online gambling as
it may cut into their profits.
Shandaken board takes stand against gambling
March 10, 2005 Daily Freeman, NY
Challenging the Indian gaming monopoly
March 9, 2005 Copley News Service
Man who stole $10,000 from Red Robbins avoids prison
March 7, 2005 The Morning Call, PA
Lawmaker says end gambling in the state
March 3, 2005 Week.com, IL
Granny's got a gambling jones
February 28, 2005 Bankrate
Tax relief from slots comes at a price for players
February 27, 2005 Philadephia Daily News
Teens catching poker fever
February 26, 2005 Indy Star IN
Casino puts burden on library services
February 7, 2005 The Day, CT
The lottery rifles the pockets of the poor
February 6, 2005 San Antonio Express, TX
Police: Woman stole $618,000 from employer
January 27, 2005 The Morning
Call, PA
Study finds 11% of elderly who gamble are at risk
January 18, 2005 Knight Ridder News, PA
Embezzler receives 38 month sentence
January 12, 2005 Philadephia Inquirer, PA
Española
Officials See Gambling's Dark Side
January 7, 2005
Problem Gamblers in New Mexico Wind Up Hurting
More Than Just Their Wallets
January 6, 2005 ABQjournal
Gambling
addiction may lead sufferers to suicide
December 31, 2004 WebLink
Traffic
wrecks up by casino
Thursday, December 16, 2004
Land
deal case fuels debate over slots
December 13, 2004
Odawas
take different gamble than Narragansetts
December 12, 2004
Gambling's
lure can wreck lives
Sunday, December 12, 2004
The
Festering Problem of Indian "Sovereignty"
September 2004
Indian
Casino Problem Moves To Urban Centers
Monday,
August 30, 2004
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